PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM
'09 where he visits the Diamond Amplification booth. In this video, we
get to see and hear Diamond's Spitfire II. In addition, we get a sneak
peek at their newest low-wattage head, the Del Fuego.

The
Spitfire II (the two-channel version) sports the Spitfire Is voicing in
Channel 1 and a full, rich vintage higher gain Channel 2 with DAs
signature dual volume, gain design. Channel 2s voicing is big and tight
like the vintage heads with an updated feel featuring plenty of lows
and mids. It comes loaded with 4-EL34s and 6-12AX7 preamp tubes.

The
Del Fuego is a hand-wired Class A, 22 watt head that is designed and
voiced off boutique amp builder Roy Blankenship's designs, but with a
Diamond twist. The Del Fuego uses 3-12AX7, 2-EL84 power tubes, and
1-6CA4 rectifier. It features two-channels (independent controls) with
a tremolo effect.

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM
'09 where he visits the Visual Sound booth. In this segment, we get to
check out three of their newest V2 Series pedals - Vans Warped Distortion,
Open Road Overdrive and Truetone Clean Boost.

The Vans Warped
Distortion is limited edition pedal that has three basic controls -
Grind, Edge, and Loud (translation: Drive, Tone, Volume). The Vans
Warped Distortion is definitely geared towards Warped Tour inspired
guitarists. The Visual Sound guys were really proud of its grinding,
low-end distortion, which is pertinent to a lot of the Warped Tour artists' tone.

Based on Visual Sound's Route 808, the Open Road
offers that tone but with a more open sounding, amp-like overdrive with
less dominant mid-range. It produces clear low end, sparkling highs and
none of the mid-range hump. Open Road features a very interactive tone
circuit, effecting not only high-end roll-off, but gain structure as
well.

Truetone Clean Boost is a way to push the front end of
your tube amp. Then again, it's also a great way to push a good
overdrive pedal a bit harder. If you like the tone you already have
from another pedal, just put the Truetone after that pedal for a volume
boost as the Visual Sound guys said its great for a solo boost or to
make a certain part stand out. The Truetone can get up to a 15dB boost,
but it runs internally off of 27V - so all of that boost is clean. They
bump up the voltage inside the pedal, rather than requiring use of a
special external power supply.

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM
'09 where he swings by the Sonic Reality booth. In this segement, we
get introduced to three of Sonic Reality's digital music and recording
products. Downloadable Soundz is a web site where guitarists can
preview backing and drum tracks for jam sessions, practice or even
recording purposes. The drumming and pre-recorded packages suit players
according to sound and genre. Also, Drum Masters is a software that
tries to capture the infamous drummers through the history of rock 'n'
roll including, Peter Gabriel, John Bonham, Steely Dan and those Motown
greats.

In short, Sonic Reality's motto is "Sample Everything," as
they strive to create high quality loops for nearly every genre of
music and playable sounds for every instrument category from drums to
percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards, synths, orchestral, vocal and
exotic instruments from all over the world.

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM
'09 where he visits the Gallien-Krueger booth. In this segment, we get
to see and hear three of Gallien Krueger's newest offerings.

First
up is the MB500, which is a 500 watt bass head that will easily fit
into your gig bag. Coming in at 10.75" x8.5" x1.75" and just under four
pounds, the MB500 packs a considerable punch for its compact size. It
features a four-band active EQ and contour control, that allows you to
tweak your tone before hitting the digital power section. The preamp
section also features a footswitchable boost channel with independent
volume control.

Even smaller in size, the MB Fusion is the
newest product released by Gallien-Krueger. Built on the success of the
MB 500, the new MB Fusion incorporates the same all-tube preamp of the
Fusion 550 and maintains a sleek and small design. It comes loaded with
3-12AX7 preamp tubes, four-band EQ and Deep and Bright switches.

The
Fusion 1050 incorporates a six stage tube preamp paired with a 1000
watt version of the high current solid state power amp used in the
2001RB. It comes with three-12AX7 preamp tubes, Gain-Master-Horn
controls, four-band active EQ and a variable Contour control with a mid
frequency select.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the Tanglewood Guitars booth. In this segment,
we get to check out their MasterDesign Series - made in collaboration
with Michael Sanden. The guitars in this series all feature Michael's
special bracing and "swoosh" bridge. In addition, all the guitars
feature a solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, twin-piece
mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard complete with a 0 fret.

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer NAMM
'09 where he visits the DBZ Guitars booth. In this segment, we get an
overview of several of DBZ's models from Mr. DBZ himself, Dean
Zelinsky. We get to check out the Cavallo (mahogany body, maple top,
set mahogany neck and custom DBZ pickups), Bolero (mahogany body with a
maple top, set mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and custom DBZ
hardware) and Imperial (mahogany body with a flamed maple top, set
mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard and custom DBZ hardware).

We
also get to check out some of DBZ's "Dark Side" models including the
Venom (mahogany body, set maple neck w/ ebony fingerboard, EMG pickups
and original Floyd Rose) and Bird of Prey (mahogany body, set maple
neck w/ ebony fingerboard, EMG pickups and original Floyd Rose trem).

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the JBovier Stringed Instruments booth. In
this segment we get to see some traditional and not-so-traditional
mandolins. Jeff Cowherd shows off two of his in-progress projects -
electric solidbody mandolins.

And for a more traditional
mandolin, he shows us his F5Z mandolin. It features an engleman spruce
top, carved African zebrawood back and sides, solid Canadian flamed
maple neck and an ebony fingerboard.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he swings by the DAR Amps booth. In this segment, we get
to check out DAR's Superaria head. The Superaria is like no other
guitar amp in that it comes loaded with 6C33 tubes, which are the same
tubes used in MIG 25 jets and Russian battlefield tanks. It delivers a
full 65 watts of rich Class A tone. In Aria mode, this amp delivers an
astounding 35 watts of hum free and harmonically accurate Single Ended
Class A tone (accomplished while maintaining push pull bandwidth and
stability). A switchable tone stack matrix delivers tones from classic
American rock all the way to the deepest grinding bone crushing British
import sound. The amp is advertised as pushing more gain than anyone
could ever want, this beast even comes with a spring reverb.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he swings by the TSI Distributing booth, which handles
3rd Power Amplification and G-Lab Guitar Laboratory effects.

We get to
hear 3rd Power's first amp offering from their HLH 100 Series, the
HD100 (a 100W head) and their unique HLH cabinets that house Celestion
Vintage 30s. The hand-wired, point-to-point HD100 head comes loaded
with 4-EL34s, various outputs (16 ohm, 8 or 4) 3-12AX7 preamp tubes.
The speaker cabinets are designed to remove the beaming and
comb-filtering of a typical cabinet. The 3rd Power guys said that when
stacking three-3x12 cabinets together, you can attain a high-quality
*WET/DRY/WET sound in the same space as two conventional cabinets.

The
G-Lab True Bypass Wah-Pad is a full analog device that makes the use of
wah-wah type effects more comfortable. As described to us by the G-Lab
fellas, using a traditional wah-wah effect requires switching it ON and
OFF, which forces the player to perform an additional operation during
which playing is not possible. The wah-pad eliminates this operation.
The wah-pad is supplied from included 9V internal battery or an
external power supply adapter.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the Ernie Ball Music Man booth. In this video
segment, we get a peak at the Dargie Delight Limited Edition run of
guitars and basses that feature the "Carmel Apple Delight" green
finish. It comes with an ebony fingerboard on a maple neck and can be
ordered on all Music Man models except the Steve Morse Y2D, Axis and
Axis Super Sport.

We also get a peek at the StingRay SLO Special
which features the traditional StingRay setup but comes with a slimmer,
Sterling-style neck.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the Ibanez booth. In this segment we check out
several familiar models with a bit of a twist. First up is the 30th
Anniversary Musician Bass, which is limited to 15 basses worldwide. The
bass made famous by Sting features swamp ash body, 5 piece maple/walnut
neck, ebony fingerboard and a MC30TH Special Inlay.
Next up is the 20th Anniversary of the Paul Gilbert PGM100RE. It
features a basswood body, 5 piece maple/walnut neck, bound rosewood
fingerboard and has a H-S-H pickup configuration.
Finally, the wait is over as Ibanez has released left-hand Steve Vai
and Joe Satriani signature models.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the Ernie Ball booth. In this segment, we get
introduced to some new Ernie Ball accessories - Coated Bass Strings
(several gauges and variations), Day-glow Guitar Pics and Flexfit Ernie
Ball hats.

PG's Ben Friedman is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the Sterling by Music Man booth. In this
segment, we get to see several new products offered by Sterling. The
AX20 features a contoured basswood body, quilted maple veneer top, 2x
Sterling A5 Zebra Humbuckers and a maple neck with a rosewood
fingerboard.

PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he swings by the Recording King booth. In this video
segment, we get introduced to some of their newest offerings - Custom
Shop ROS-697 and the Jubilee Series Classic Small-Body acoustic. The
ROS-697 is based on a historic 1927 12th fret 000 design. It features a
hand-selected AAA Sitka spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides
and a mahogany neck. The ebony fingerboard is inlaid with an elaborate
Greg Rich-designed Tree-of-Life M.O.P inlay covering the full
fretboard. There will only be 10 of these Custom Shop renditions made.

The
Jubilee Series Classic Small-Body has a solid Sitka spruce top and
supported with hand-shaped, fully scalloped x-bracing. The back and
sides are made of figured maple. The "C" profile neck is made from a
single piece of solid mahogany with traditionally styled inlay on the
rosewood fretboard.

PG's On Location in Nashveille, TN for Summer NAMM '09 where we
visit the Cole Clark booth. In this video, we get a special treat as
Jerry Douglas does his thing on Cole Clark's Violap. The Violap is made
with the standard Cole Clark carved top and features a hollow neck. The
body has a hour-glass shape reminiscent to lap steels in the '30s.
Also, it comes loaded with two humbuckers.

PG's Ben Friedman is On Location in Nashville, TN, for Summer
NAMM '09 where he visits the AXL Guitars booth. In this segment we get
to see several models within their Badwater Series. The guitars within
this series feature distressed bodies, antiqued hardware that gives
them that beaten and battered appearance. Also, the guitars come
equipped with EMG-designed pickups.

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